Whenever we have some news from the brewery or any of our pubs, we’ll be sure to post it here. Look out for lots of stories coming up, reporting on events and anything else we think might be of interest to you!
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Proud to say we have had our range of beers recognised in two prestigious award competitions. In the World Beer Awards 2019, we repeated our success from last year with Red Rye once more being voted the United Kingdom’s Best Rye Beer. These global awards select and judge the very best in international styles of […]
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Thanks to everyone who took part on Saturday. Please find below the results. POSITION RACE NUMBER GUN TIME 1 436 00:30:33 2 990 00:32:02 3 965 00:32:22 4 809 00:33:07 5 969 00:34:02 6 858 00:34:23 7 425 00:34:46 8 985 00:34:57 9 836 00:35:06 10 827 00:35:40 11 447 00:36:03 12 840 00:36:11 13 […]
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Oxford Beer Week takes place between Friday 3rd– Sunday 12th May 2019 The aim is to raise awareness of the diverse range of fantastic locally brewed beers complemented by a range of artisan food producers The brewers will showcase their wide-ranging beers of differing styles and tastes – IPAs to pilsners, sours to stouts, bitters […]
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Serena Williams BSc Hons, our National Accounts Manager attended the Freedom of the City of London Ceremony which is part of her journey to become a Livery Member of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers. The Gunmakers’ Company received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1637. The Company was, and still is, responsible for proof-testing gun barrels/actions for safety. Thus, unlike many […]
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August 2018 With Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) set to celebrate a remarkable 70 years this October at Birmingham’s NEC, Hook Norton Brewery have come on board to create a unique blend of hand crafted beer to mark the special occasion; introducing ‘Tail to Mane’. The unique blend of beer which has been produced […]
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Hook Norton Brewery have teamed up with New Zealand based craft brewers the Yeastie Boys for their next brew – X Ale. Looking for a unique way to celebrate ten years of brewing, the Yeastie Boys approached ten breweries to work with on ten one-off and unique beers for their YeastieX project. JK, […]
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Last Wednesday was our annual Hooky Awards where we celebrate, reward and acknowledge the success of our pubs and their proprietors and staff. This year saw yet again a variety of different winners and highly commended pubs and a great day was had by all. Below are all the highly commended and Winners of each category: […]
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The sun shone and the beer flowed at the 2nd annual Firkin 5 Fun Run on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who took part and everyone who helped out. The results are in and can be found below Barry from Oxon Races took some great photos once again. Some at 0.58M, some at 4.64M and the […]
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The rumours are true. Looking for a beer style that would compliment their existing award winning range of both cask and keg beers, some would say Hook Norton Brewery have broken with tradition and brewed their first lager. Trial #1. Brewed in their pilot plant using a special lager yeast, this first trial batch (hence […]
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Hook Norton Brewery is a central part of the local community, by supporting and involvement in such things as local charities, sports teams, brass band and fire service. This all started in 1895 with the establishment of the first Parish Council on which sat Brewery Company Secretary George Groves, Head Brewer Alban Clarke and John […]
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It’s a bit early I know, but I’ve just placed my order for my Twelve Days Christmas Pud. Now this one is so delicious I thought I would also let everyone else in on the treat (with Granny Di’s kind permission of course); The following will make one 2lb pudding or two – 1lb puddings […]
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In the Brewery Malt store there is a key board hanging up and people on a Tour will often ask, what are the keys for? Well, the answer is they are part of the Inland Revenue act of 1880. Although this Act came in 137 years ago, and has been superseded by later Acts, there […]
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